United States, Cape Canaveral.

As the largest and oldest launch base in the United States, it has launched many well-known spacecraft and weapons.

Redstone Rocket, Jupiter-C Rocket, Pan Star Missile, Polaris Missile, Thor Rocket, Hercules Rocket, Titan Rocket and Minuteman Missile, Saturn 5 Rocket......

The three phases of the moon landing program, the Mercury program, the Gemini program, and the Apollo program.

Space Shuttle, Mars Rover......

All launched from here.

And today, something that has attracted worldwide attention is happening here.

On the core launch pad, a giant flying machine with a total length of more than 30 meters is standing upright, like a giant sword that is about to pierce the sky, and its style is peerless.

This is a space shuttle.

The whole is still delta winged, and the biggest change from its predecessor is not that it is more sci-fi in appearance, but in its internal composition.

It can be said that it is the first interstellar vehicle in the true sense of the word.

It is not a spacecraft or the first generation of space shuttles that need rockets or boosters to get off Earth.

This erected new space shuttle is so alone, with only an engine vent in the tail, and it seems that relying on it, it can break away from the strong gravitational pull of the earth.

In fact.

When human beings around the world learned from the news that the United States was about to land on Mars, they were confused.

Although in recent years, due to the relationship between the two worlds, science and technology have developed rapidly, and Mi Guo and Zhongxia have also released plans to land on Mars as early as eight years ago, but no one takes it seriously, and they all think that this is just a kind of propaganda. Anyway, it's a plan, as long as it's not too outrageous, how to look good and how to publicize.

But when the United States made all preparations and announced the imminent launch of a new generation of space shuttles, people knew that mankind was really going to land on Mars.

"I'll drop a good girl, land on Mars ......"

"I'm betting ten packs of spicy strips, and they're definitely bluffing!"

"Idiot, it's almost launched, wouldn't it be a slap in the face if it's fake?"

"You say, what's going to be on Mars, is there life?"

"Will there be Martians?"

"Don't you notice something strange about this shuttle, why doesn't it have booster rockets?"

"Eh, are you really saying that this guy can fly to Mars alone?"

"It's just a space shuttle, even if it can fly over, there is no lander, how can it land, is it possible that there will be an airstrip on Mars?"

"yes, that's weird......"

One stone stirs up a thousand waves.

When the United States publicly announced its landing on Mars and broadcast it live around the world, it was precisely because the heat about the star world and the wild world had cooled down a little in the past two years, and everyone joined the discussion.

Even though cultivators have become more and more mainstream over the years, gradually standing on the upper stage of the earth's society, the position of scientific and technological power in human society is still irreplaceable.

After all, even earth knights can't fly, let alone fly into space, but the scientific and technological products of mankind have already flown people into space as early as the fifties of the last century.

In addition, no matter how strong a cultivator's strength is, it will be far from reaching the level of the power of a nuclear bomb in the foreseeable period.

Or rather.

Even Lin Xiao, the strongest human race on Earth at this stage, the Lord of the Immortal River, could not survive the nuclear bomb.

In the entire Immortal River Territory, the most powerful single weapon may be the Northern Element Light Cannon that is being developed and transformed from the Northern Yuan Light Tower.

According to the projections of the technical committee, the power of the Aurora Ray cannon should be able to reach a thousand tons of TNT equivalent.

This is already equivalent to the power of a miniaturized nuclear bomb.

But compared to the ultimate weapon with tens of millions of tons of TNT equivalent, it is still far from it.

The news that the United States is about to land on Mars, Lin Xiao learned about it when she returned to Earth on a routine basis.

He was not surprised by the news.

Before the advent of the two worlds, the scientific and technological strength of the earth was already very strong, and after more than ten years of rapid development, it has fully reached the ability to navigate the inner solar system.

Landing on Mars is only an inevitability of technological development to a certain extent.

Moreover, judging from the upright space shuttle, it is obvious that the scientific and technological strength of the United States has developed to a very high level.

"It's supposed to be a plasma engine, and there are spouts on the left and right sides...... It should be possible to hover directly, no wonder it landed directly on Mars. Lin Xiao noticed some details of the space shuttle.

"Hey, what's in front of the nose, although it's covered to prevent damage to the aerodynamic shape, it's not like a fuselage part, it's more like a ...... "Lin keenly saw an unusual place, "Could it be...... Plasma weapons?"

Plasma technology is one of the most dazzling scientific and technological difficulties that human beings have overcome in recent years.

Based on this, mankind has developed a powerful plasma engine, a plasma cannon, and a plasma laser......

It's an advanced use of energy.

There is already a shadow of future technology.

Lin Xiao didn't expect that the United States would move so fast, not only to build the first interstellar vehicle, but also to successfully miniaturize the originally huge plasma cannon and move it to a new generation of space shuttles.

He could already foresee that perhaps soon, in addition to the wild world, space would also become one of the places where the major forces competed.

Although the wild world has brought too much to human beings, it is limited after all, and the resources cannot be endless, and there will always be a day when they will be consumed.

Starry sky, but infinite.

There's so much to know.

Since ancient times, human beings' yearning for the starry sky has always been irreplaceable by anything else.

Even though many people now have extraordinary powers, they are too small in front of the boundless starry sky.

Even Lin Xiao, who is known as the first person on the earth, maintains great awe for the starry sky.

This is also the reason why he has always insisted on studying the underground palace star map.

Not to mention the progress of the research of the underground palace star map, during this time, the launch pad has completed all preparations and started the countdown.

“10。 ”

“9。 ”

“8。 ”

......

“5。 ”

“4。 ”

"The plasma engine starts. ”

“2。 ”

“1。 ”

"Take off. ”

Buzz –

With a slight sound, unlike the deafening deafening of a chemical-fueled rocket, the space shuttle, propelled by a plasma engine, took off with minimal movement.

Although there is little movement, after takeoff, it is extremely smooth and accelerates very quickly.

The overload can easily reach tens of Gs, and this is mainly because in the atmosphere, the drag is too great, and if you fly into space and soar at full speed, the speed can completely throw off the previous rocket a few streets.

"The overload is so big, the astronauts inside should all be cultivators, and at least they are mid-level, and the Mizhou Alliance is really willing to use middle-level cultivators to perform such high-risk tasks. ”

Even if the technology is mature, the risk of landing on Mars for the first time is still unpredictable.

Human beings still know too little about space.